SIM Ep 733 Pod 205: Ultrarunning, understanding beauty, and The Witches of Eastprick
251km across the Sahara on foot? Erm… Sabrina Pace-Humphreys tells Mickey about the Marathon Des Sables, aka “the toughest footrace on earth” and what in the sweet fancy fuck inspired her to do it. Sh...
1 Jun 20221h 26min
SIM EP 732 Pod 204: Ending homelessness, finding your voice and is the Pope still a Catholic?
Ace actor Shobna Gulati has taken on the role of Mari Huff in a new version of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, so Hannah jumped on the Zoom to find out more. Not that we needed much excuse. They ch...
25 Mai 20221h 27min
SIM Ep 730 Pod 203: No-strings sex, deaf theatre and a suitcase full of money
Men are looking for sex and women are looking for love, right? Wrong, says Kala Ellis, creator Spreadsheet, a new sitcom starring Katherine Parkinson, which debuts tonight on Channel 4. Hannah chats t...
18 Mai 20221h 27min
SIM Ep 729 Chops 249: Appropriating Boudica, with Sarah Perry
Acclaimed writer Sarah Perry’s surprise (to her) best-seller The Essex Serpent has been adapted to a six-part Apple TV series, starring Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes (we know). Could there be a bett...
15 Mai 202245min
SIM Ep 728 Flicking #24: Get Out
Is Jordan Peele's directorial debut a horror film, a satire or both? We find out, as Yosra brings 2017's Get Out to the court of Flicking. We chat about race (obvs), class (natch) and Daniel Kaluuya's...
14 Mai 202225min
SIM Ep 727 Pod 202: All human life is here. And also an alien
In this week’s podzine, the glorious Laura Bates joins our Mick to rage against the sexism machine. The feminist writer, activist, founder of Everyday Sexism and author has written another book – Fix ...
11 Mai 20221h 32min
SIM Ep 726 Pod 201: Marys, esports, and a golden ball or two
Marys Seacole is Jackie Sibblies Drury's new play exploring the life of the Scottish-Jamaican nurse who treated British soldiers during the Crimean War, and of other ‘Marys’, those in the caring profe...
4 Mai 20221h 9min
SIM Ep 725 Chops 248: 50:50 Parliament with Frances Scott
Frances Scott is the woman behind 50:50 Parliament, a brilliant campaign working with all the UK’s political parties to help women progress in politics in order to build a better democracy. We can all...
1 Mai 202230min
